{"product_id":"temptation-paperback-by-daniel-akst","title":"Temptation Paperback by Daniel Akst","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003ePenguin Books\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2011-12-27)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e320\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780143120803\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e290.16\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e21.06 x 14.02 x 1.7\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \" This elegantly written and useful book . . . describes how,  for millennia, human beings have struggled to rein in desire.\" -USA Today \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt a time when the fallout from reckless spending and unrestrained  consumption is fueling a national malaise, Daniel Akst delivers a witty  and comprehensive investigation of the central problem of our time: how  to save ourselves from what we want. \u003ci\u003eTemptation\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us that  while more calories, sex, and intoxicants are readily available than  ever before, crucial social constraints have eroded, creating a world  that sorely tests the limits of human willpower. Referencing history,  literature, psychology, philosophy, and economics, Akst draws a vivid  picture of the many-sided problem of desire-and delivers a blueprint  for how we can steer shrewdly away from a campaign of self-destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eA native New Yorker, Daniel Akst is a well-known journalist who has worked at the \u003cb\u003eLA Times\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/b\u003e and now writes a monthly column in the Sunday \u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e. He also writes regularly for the \u003cb\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/b\u003e culture pages, and has appeared in many other publications, including \u003cb\u003eAmerican Heritage\u003c\/b\u003e, the \u003cb\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/b\u003e, the \u003cb\u003eChristian Science Monitor, Civilization, Technology Review\u003c\/b\u003e, the \u003cb\u003eWashington Monthly\u003c\/b\u003e, and on both public radio and television. His first book, \u003cb\u003eWonder Boy\u003c\/b\u003e (Scribners), chronicled the eye-popping ZZZZ Best fraud perpetrated by teenage entrepreneur Barry Minkow, and was named one of the 10 best of 1990 by \u003cb\u003eBusiness Week\u003c\/b\u003e. He is also the author of \u003cb\u003eThe Webster Chronicle\u003c\/b\u003e published by BlueHen in October 2001.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAkst is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania who spent 13 years in Los Angeles before moving to the Hudson Valley, where he lives with his wife and two sons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46552433098913,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780143120803","price":35.15,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780143120803.jpg?v=1781705631","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/temptation-paperback-by-daniel-akst","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}